Do heavier people burn more energy? The study of dieting described in Exercise 10 collected data on the lean body mass (in kilograms) and metabolic rate (in calories) for 12 female and 7 male subjects.

The figure below is a scatterplot of the data for all 19 subjects, with separate symbols for males and females.

Does the same overall pattern hold for both women and men? What difference between the sexes do you see from the graph?

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Metabolic rate (cal/24 h) 2000- 1800- 1600- 1400- 1200- 1000- 30 . 35 40 45 50 Lean body mass (kg) Sex F M 55 60 65